There offering one grand to reruit anybody for boats and 5 grand to stay in for five years,I wish I was young again, do you think I would get my old age pension as well if I volenteered, there recruiting airy-faires and pongoes,
but they would be no good they dont know how to play uckers
This is true it says so in the Sun and says "living in a pretty small steel tube under the sea with 100 other peaple is not everyones cup of tea "
"I/m sure this scheme will get the men the Navy needs"
Yeah Right!

Ow ukel: Why did they only just come up with this idea? If I'd been made a decent offer back in '68 I might have stayed, certainly for another ten anyway :thumright: But then again, maybe they did me a favour. Got a job in the ME oil business and stayed there for 30+years at a lot more than the RN could afford :blob5:

Pusser has printed 20,000 "bounty under the sea" cards, but...they will only honour the first 60 cards that are submitted.

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I reckon only 1 in a thousand cards will be successful (if that!).
Why is it a scam? If it's clearly stated that only the first 60 will be paid, it's hardly a secret is it? It's not supposed to be a "get rich quick" scheme.
RNTM 209/07 according to Navy News (AKA "Skimmers Monthly")

I recently joined as a Submariner and promptly left again (PVO'd), The nice man at the careers office said once you get your dolphins you get a Â£5000 'reward' as a lump sum, according to a couple of PO's at Raleigh this is going up to Â£7000. (bet that makes you sick don't it)

The Navy do a really good job of selling a Submariners career, my division alone had 12 Submariners (i'm told this is a lot for one class), however most of them seriously regretted the decision. The money is a great attraction but the carrers guy seriously need to refine his bullshit.

They never had bonuses when I first joined boats in 66, you either joined as a volunteer, or like me, were drafted. And our extra pay was 7 bob (35p) extra a day, the same as the submariners of WW II received. Was it worth it ? You betcha- served with some of the finest officers and men you were privileged to serve with - did some of the weirdest and wonderful things you could imagine, had some of the wildest runs ashore imaginable, and can sit back now and say " Yes, it was worth it". Today ? A lot of the technology is over my head, but if you're a submariner, old or new, you're part of the "creme de la creme" - in my time, money was a consideration, never the reason.

They never had bonuses when I first joined boats in 66, you either joined as a volunteer, or like me, were drafted. And our extra pay was 7 bob (35p) extra a day, the same as the submariners of WW II received. Was it worth it ? You betcha- served with some of the finest officers and men you were privileged to serve with - did some of the weirdest and wonderful things you could imagine, had some of the wildest runs ashore imaginable, and can sit back now and say " Yes, it was worth it". Today ? A lot of the technology is over my head, but if you're a submariner, old or new, you're part of the "creme de la creme" - in my time, money was a consideration, never the reason.

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The heady days of 1966 and the submarine service is a far cry from the
S/m s and crew numbers of today .
In 1968 I was given a bounty to sign on and also was allowed to get an advance of pay to purchase a house --the RN also gave me the legal fees of the house purchase for nowt aswell.
It was only open to selected Tiffs and Mechs branches.

Seems like the todays S/m service is hard graft and the sea shore ratio's
are loaded on the at sea time.
Most Navy guys can usually adapt if the pay and conditions are manageable ----- I think at the present time people are voting with their
feet ------

And ----------the bounties are all taxable --so the promised amounts will be considerably less .

I recently joined as a Submariner and promptly left again (PVO'd), The nice man at the careers office said once you get your dolphins you get a Â£5000 'reward' as a lump sum, according to a couple of PO's at Raleigh this is going up to Â£7000. (bet that makes you sick don't it)

The Navy do a really good job of selling a Submariners career, my division alone had 12 Submariners (i'm told this is a lot for one class), however most of them seriously regretted the decision. The money is a great attraction but the carrers guy seriously need to refine his bullshit.